| Shanghai,
China July, 31, 2001 - MeetChina.com, the leading business
to business trade portal in China, today unveiled it's
new version of eTradePioneer (Version 2.0), professional
web tools for international trade, at a launch attended
by over 300 suppliers. |
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The
new eTradePioneer allows Chinese suppliers to cost effectively
market to overseas buyers by building and displaying their
own catalogues complete with product, process, and company
information on the Meet World Trade platform. Meet World
Trade (MWT) is Meet China's parent company.
"This is the first time such a product has been marketed
and sold to Chinese exporters wanting to participate in
online cross-border trade. " Gao Qiang, MeetChina's
CEO said. " eTradePioneer, was originally sold as
a service but we've now productized the service and give
users manuals, user guides and training." |
MeetChina.com
first started selling eTP 1.0 last year and already has several
thousand suppliers using the product. This second generation
version includes significant functional and user interface
improvements that will help provide efficient and effective
tools for suppliers to manage their company information and
product catalogs. The 2.0 version also includes easy to use
features for suppliers to create private catalogs for existing
buyers.
China
is the first country in the Meet World Trade network to launch
the new eTradePioneer 2.0. MWT's country partners in Korea
(www.meetkorea), Thailand
(www.thailand.com/meetworldtrade)
and India (www.exportswebex.com)
will all be releasing the new version into their markets starting
this fall.
At
today's launch of eTradePioneer (Version 2.0), MeetChina
joined Meet World Trade in announcing an agreement with
SAPMarkets, Inc. the exchange company of the SAP group,
to provide SAPMarkets customers access to over 30,000
suppliers in the Asia. This agreement also includes MWT's
country affiliates, MeetChina.com, EC 21, Inc in Korea.
(MeetKorea) and Meet World Trade (Thailand).
Buyers using SAPMarkets exchange solutions will be able
to search and negotiate directly with Meet World Trade's
quality suppliers and also utilize offline sourcing expertise
for custom sourcing. |
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About
MeetChina.com
Founded
in 1998, MeetChina.com
is the leading business to business trade portal with close
to 30,000 Chinese suppliers on it database. The company is
dedicated to helping Chinese suppliers quickly and effectively
enter the international export markets as well as help international
buyers efficiently procure goods from China via the Internet.
MeetChina.com has five offices in China and employs about
80 people. For more information, please visit our website:
Media
Contacts:
MeetChina.com
Danielle Dan
Room 1805, Lippo Plaza
222 Huai Hai Middle Road
Shanghai, China
Tel: (8621) 5396-5866 ext 220
danielle_dan@meetchina.com
Meet
World Trade, Asia Pacific
Phyllis Fang
Suite 3103, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2155-3100/9198-6596
phyllis_fang@meetworldtrade.com
Meet
World Trade, USA
Andy Krumholz
300 Montgomery Street
Suite 1160
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: 415-288-0380
Andy_Krumholz@meetworldtrade.com
About SAPMarkets Inc.
SAPMarkets
is the exchange company of the SAP group, delivering public
and private Internet exchanges, e-procurement and e-selling
solutions that automate business processes across boundaries.
The
solutions from SAPMarkets scale to meet the needs of any business
community, from collaborative hubs and private exchanges to
industry, regional, consortium and public exchanges. Elements
of SAPMarkets offering include collaborative design and engineering,
collaborative procurement, order management, collaborative
planning and analytics.
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